Common Birds in Sligo
Our list for Sligo has 102 common birds recorded regularly there: 37 residents, 13 summer visitors, 20 winter visitors, 27 passage migrants and 5 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Sligo in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 102, most common first
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
Great TitParus majorSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantCommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly May–Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made